This week has been packed solid! Sunday I was wiped out from being up late the night before and having to be at church choir ALL day. I tried to go to bed early that night but it never really happened.

Monday Becky came over with William to watch a movie and eat ketchup chips. Becky and I are the originaters of the ketchup chip movie nights. When we were in highschool we used to get together over a bowl of Old Dutch Ketchup chips and some sappy romantic comedy. the one I remember best is a movie with Marisa Tomei and Robert Downey Jr. I can't remember the title but the poster for the movie had her in a white dress splashing around in some stone fountain.

After Becky left town I was left with no ketchup chip movie partner. I soon found another one in Kate. Unfortunately, kate also moved away and I am once again ketchup chip partnerless.

For one night Becky and I relived our highschool days...well not quite. We had a little one year old running around this time. William had just learned to walk while she's been in Thunder Bay and he was having quite a fun time playing with his 'new' legs. He was perfectly content to just walk around in circles so long as he was walking. He was so cute. I snapped quite a few pictures of the little guy.

He was like the energizer bunny though. He ketp going and going and going. I didn't think we would end up watching the movie because we were so busy watching him. Eventually around 10:30 he crashed but he only slept for maybe a 1/2 hour.

So we watched the Full Monty in between William watching.

Seeing Becky as a Mom is a somewhat strange thing. She is the first friend I have who has moved on to this different stage of life. Sure, I've had friends that have married and even divorced but no one else has reached the child stage yet.

There were moments in the past year when I really started to wonder if I would ever have children. After meeting William I can understand partially what it must be like. William isn't my son but I felt rather protective of the little guy. I did everything I could to look out for him. Maybe that's because Becky is such a good friend of mine. Or maybe that's some kind of female instinct...that seems like it's a little crazy.

The other thing I learned though is that I'm not sure I could really be a mother. Becky is so exhausted all the time. William rarely sleeps and if he doesn't sleep neither does she. You have to give up your life as you know it for your child. If you're not willing to do this then I would suggest you don't have children. I know I'm definitely not ready right now to give up my life to look after a child. In fact I don't even know anyone who is.

I drove Becky home rather late and was tired on Tuesday but it was my birthday so in some ways that made it easier.

Becoming 27 isn't easy. I keep thinking "I'm almost 30!" I guess the only scary thing about 30 is that I'm not where I wanted to be at this point in my life. I always thought I'd be married or at least engaged at this age. I thought I'd have a great paying job and I'd be blissfully happy. Apparently life doesn't work that way.

I had invited a whole group of people over for cake and I was delighted by the turn out. Karen, Jason, Ryan, Mandy, Ellen, Graham, Eyrin and Carl all came along with my family. We had a great night just sitting around the dining room table chatting.

Ellen, Graham and Karen all stayed till 2am talking I was SO tired on Wednesday! Luckily I didn't have anything special to do Wednesday night.

Even my wonderful friend Scotty the 'alien' Korean wannabe (hee hee) called so it was like he was there too.

All in all it was a pretty good birthday.

Tonight should be great once I get the church choir thing out of the way. I'm taking Becky and William to see the Bagshaws cause Craig is back in town.

I have tons of pictures I really need to get up on the net!